Community Planning Support Team

The role established for the Community Planning Support Team, as a multi-agency group of people, is to deliver tailor made support (including learning opportunities, problem solving, sharing of good practice, consultancy) to meet the needs of Community Planning partners, including Shetland’s communities, in order to further the community planning process across Shetland and enable everyone to participate in the process.

The Community Planning Support Team comprise of nine members of staff:

• Education Development Officer, SIC
• Health Promotion Manager, NHS
• Local Authority Liaison Officer, Northern Constabulary
• Community Learning and Development Staff (x4), SIC
• Secretary/Treasurer, ASCC
• Policy and Development Co-ordinator, SIC

Support is available in the form of consultancy and training in the following areas:

• Consulting & Engaging Communities - 16 February 2005, 9.30 - 4.30pm
• Marketing to the ‘Hard to Reach’ - date to be confirmed
• Good Practice in Partnership Working - date to be confirmed
• Participatory Planning and Evaluation - 23 February 2005, 2 - 4.30pmdate to be confirmed

You can contact the Community Planning Support Team on 01595 744536 or write to Policy Unit, Town Hall, Lerwick.